Scripture Journal 2018
9
January 2018 – I have this strong urge to be writing as fast as I can rather
than laboriously writing in cursive in a cute little journal. It just isn’t working for me.
Today
I read Alma 33 – Alma is talking to the people about worship and praying
wherever it is we are, i.e. field, work place, closets, home, etc. We don’t have to be in a synagogue or chapel
to worship our Heavenly Father.
I’ve
been searching for examples of humility, obedience and virtue in the scriptures
recently (think HOV lane here). The
people showed forth humility when they asked Alma how they could worship given
they were shut out of their synagogues that they had built. They were considered too poor to be using
them. This is humility! They desired to know (v1). They wanted to obtain the fruit Alma had
spoken to them about. How could they
plant it in their hearts? I love his
answer! “. . . search the scriptures; .
. . understand them.” Pray!
I
find such joy reading my scriptures – especially when I take the time to write
after reading. I have prayer before I
write that I might be enlightened by what I read. I’ll admit there are days when I’m
distracted, but this formula is very effective.
What
tugged at my heart this morning was verse 20 where he said there were some who,
because of the hardness of their hearts, did not believe. They would rather perish than do what it
takes to come to a belief. He’s talking
about the people in the wilderness with Moses when all the people had to do to
be healed from the poisonous serpents was to look at the rod with the serpent
on it and they would be healed. This was
a “type” of looking to the Savior. How
simple is that? Just look? How simple is it to read the scriptures? Look!
But they would not. My girls
“would not”. It is heartbreaking. And they are cheating themselves out of a
life that could bring them such joy and happiness. I’ve written at the top of this page: Promise: Burdens lightened. Cost:
Study scriptures, nourish by faith and prayer. Can it get any easier? These are the drops of oil (study and prayer)
that we add to our lamps daily. It is
this practice that strengthens us from the buffetings of Satan, the challenges
of each day. I’ve learned this for
myself, and I can’t share this oil with even those whom I love the most. But I find joy in knowing it is there for
each of us, that Agency is very important to Heavenly Father, and so it must be
important to me as well.
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